One thing worth noting in this discussion, is that many times people that buy amphib aircraft live in dry, little to no water areas. Yeah, that sounds a bit odd, I know. But what those people are hoping to do is to be able to fly from their home in the city to their cottage a couple hundred miles away without the hassles or additional time needed to drive there.

So maybe those who have no accees to water in your home state of Ohio just need to visit water in a neighboring state? Just as an example, Indiana has a great guy that has pretty much singlehandedly opened up most of the lakes to seaplanes in that area. With the right outlook there could be countless opportunities.